Saturday 21st October 2023

An unusual shot for a Saturday, just the back garden. But because it rained hard pretty much all day, we went nowhere except for Tesco, then back home to mooch around the house until the football and rugby started.

Jools has mild laryngitis, so did not come out, so I got all what we needed which included a box of wine.

Then back home for breakfast, and no bacon butties or croissants, as we're trying to cut down.

Lunch was beef and red wine pie, crispy roast potatoes, steamed veggies and lashings of gravy, which was a splendid as it sounds. Even if the pie was made by Mr Tesco.

And then there was football. As the rain lashed down, I tried to be engaged by the Millwall game, but the Merseyside Derby was taking place at the same time, but I couldn't watch that, so switched screens between the live game and the BBC updates on their webpage.

And then follow Norwich's game against Leeds, who are now managed by our old manager, Farke, nd all was going well until half time, 2-0 up and cruising.

But lost their nerve and focus in the 2nd, Leeds came back and scored twice with us adding a third for them too. 2-3 loss after being 2-0 up.

Chelsea v Arsenal followed, which was bright enough without either side really playing well. Ended 2-2, which was fair.

And then onto the Rugby; England v South Africa, and England played really, really well. 15-6 up at half time, but England had no other gear or plan, South Africa did, and they scored the only try and won it with an odd penalty, something to do with an incorrectly placed hip in the scrum.

Or something.

Ended 16-15, and that was that.